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Options are not free. Having multiple choices is not free. In fact, it can be extremely expensive. Keeping options can tax you in at least three ways: Financially. You literally have to use resources (money, time, people) to keep the option open. Mentally. You continually think about it. Emotionally. You make experience feelings that hold… [Read More]

Ruts suck. If you’ve ever been in one, you know the feeling. You just don’t give a shit. There is no inspiration, no motivation, no action. Just getting out of bed and getting to work on your business can feel impossible. This morning I was in a little rut. I can’t say I’m surprised. A bachelor… [Read More]

That’s my new motto. I can’t claim coming up with the idea. I stole it from Derek Sivers. But then I added the word fuck to it to make it my own. Those of you that know me, are not at all shocked right now. I swear all the time. You know I enjoy it…. [Read More]

Humans behave irrationally all the time. In fact, we are so frequently irrational, that it is predictable. Dan Ariely, an expert in behavioral economics, has even written an entire book about it. But what I find more interesting is that we lie to ourselves. We are completely blind to these moments of… [Read More]

Businesses fail all the time. I think it is something like only 1 in 10 small businesses don’t it to their 10-year anniversary. But don’t quote me. To be honest, the exact number doesn’t matter. Just know that failure is more likely than success. It’s mostly small businesses. But big businesses aren’t impervious. Remember Blockbuster?… [Read More]